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(1)Any person who—
(a)levies war against the Republic of Uganda;
(b)unlawfully causes or attempts to cause the death of the President or, with intent to maim or disfigure or disable, unlawfully wounds or does any harm to the person of the President, or aims at the person of the President any gun, offensive weapon, pistol or any description of firearm, whether it contains any explosive or destructive substance or not;
(c)contrives any plot, act or matter and expresses or declares such plot, act or matter by any utterance or by any overt act in order, by force of arms, to overturn the Government as by law established; or
(d)aids or abets another person in the commission of any of the acts in this subsection, or becomes an accessory before or after the fact to any of the acts in this subsection or conceals any of those acts,
commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.
(2)Any person who forms an intention to effect any of the following purposes—
(a) to compel by force or constrain the Government as by law established to change its measures or counsels or to intimidate or overawe Parliament; or
(b)to instigate any person to invade the Republic of Uganda with an armed force,
and manifests any such intention by an overt act or by any utterance or by publishing any printing or writing, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.
(3)Any person who advisedly attempts to effect any of the following purposes—
(a)to incite any person to commit an act of mutiny or any treacherous or mutinous act; or
(b)to incite any such person to make or endeavour to make a mutinous assembly,
commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.
(4)Any person who advisedly attempts to seduce any person serving in the armed forces or any member of the police force or prison services or any other security service, by whatever name called, from his or her duty and allegiance to the Constitution commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.
A person who commits treason against Uganda faces the death penalty. This includes waging war against the country, attempting to kill or harm the Pres...
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